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Senior Test Development Engineer

Location - Glenrothes

Copello are working with a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom. You’ll be working for a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace.

Primary Purpose of this position

Responsible for the design, manufacture, verification and validation, along with through life technical support of board level, sub-system and system level test equipment.

Main duties:

* Design of functional test equipment

* To take responsibility for the design and overall quality of the test equipment and provide leadership and guidance for junior engineers.

* Documentation of design specifications and implementation details. Take part in design reviews. Upholding of design standards and methodologies.

* Realisation of complex system requirements to provide robust and reliable test hardware solutions.

* Responsibility for the complete implementation of detailed technical items and an understanding/appreciation of system level items.

* Collaboration with other team members (including both hardware and software engineers) to agree system designs, interfaces and protocols etc.

* Development of appropriate test hardware, test software and procedures, both informal and formal, to prove the correct operation of hardware.

* Provide support to manufacturing answering product queries & resolving technical issues.

* Proactively support company compliance to Health and Safety legislation through adherence to company polices, processes and practices.

* Ensure that all business activity is conducted in line with company values, policies and ethics codes of conduct.

* Undertake any other activity as reasonably requested by management

* Accountable for engineering specific risks and opportunities.

* Contribute to section/business area resource planning with a working understanding of Microsoft Project tools.

* Test Engineering Lead for a small/medium scale test engineering program

* Contributor/Approver for standard/tailored test development process including IPDS gates and content

Knowledge & Experience:

Essential:

* Degree qualified in Electronic Engineering/related subject (preferably at 2.1 Hons or higher).

* Test software design experience.

* Excellent knowledge of analogue and digital electronic circuit design.

* Ability to write comprehensive technical design documentation.

* Proven experience in handover and management of designs in production.

* Excellent hardware troubleshooting skills.

* Able to support/debug system integration

* Good knowledge of MS Office products

* Must be eligible for MOD Security Clearance to a minimum of SC level

Highly Desirable:

* Use of Mentor Graphics schematic entry and PCB layout tools.

* Understanding of common test architectures PXI/d LXI

* Measurement Uncertainty and its application in test equipment design and validation

* Software Certification or detailed knowledge of: NI LabView, NI CVI, NI TestStand, C#

* Design of mix signal circuits

* An appreciation of RF electronics